Bracket



June 23, 1925. 1,543,455

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UNITED STATES' PATENT caricia.

WILLIAI 0F JACKSON, IICHIGAVI, ABBIGIIOB TO THB SPAm-'WII'HHGTON COIIANY, Ol' JACKSON, IICEIGAI, L CORPORATION Ol' OHIO- Application iled December $8,198. Serial l'e. 731,510.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, WILLIAM Sranxs, a citizen of the United States of America, of Jackson, in the county of Jackson, in the State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Brackets, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description. Y y

This invention relates to certain improvements in horn brackets or supporting arms designed particularly for supportin a motor-driven horn upon the engine o an automobile beneath the hood in a manner to permit limited vibratory movement of the horn.

Experience has demonstrated that ractically every make of vehicle requires a racket of special construction for supporting the horn used as regular equipment thereon, and thesame is also true of horns sold at retail for installation upon individual cars. It is, therefore, a great economy in time and money to provide a bracket that is adapted for supporting a horn upon practically any type or make of car. Further, certain tripes of horns require a resilient support, w ch permits limited vibratory movement of the horn if the desired charactervof sound is to be emitted from the horn.

The features of improvement of this bracket, therefore, include the fact that it permits limited vibratory movement o he horn, but may be used and fits equally as well either side u lessens breakage by placing the strain o supporting the horn substantially equally upon both cylinder head bolts, and is capable of installatioii upon almost any design or size of internal combustion engine.

Other objects and advantages relate to the details of the structure, vall as will more fully appear from the following description,

taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bracket.

Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2, Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3 3, Figure 1.

The bracket as illustrated, comprises two relatively adjustableparts -1- and -2-. The part -2- constitutes the more immediate support for the horn, and comprises a comparatively short strip of sheet metal formed in a channel with the flanges -3- and 4L- upon opposite sides thereof, which flanges are integral with the strip -2-, and are bent at substantially right angles to the st ri and are preferably of a length substantia y equal to the thickness of the strip 1- and are spaced apart a distance practically just sufficient to receive the strip 1- so as to maintain a predetermined ahgnment of the two arts -1- and 2-. The part -2- is her provided with a bolt-recel flange -5- preferably of ccnsiderabl greater length than the flan e -3--, and ormed u n the same side of t e strip 2- as the ange -3- and spaced from the flange -4- a distance somewhat greater than the width of the strip -1-, whereebg' the bolt-receiving flange 5- is reliev of any of the strainof maintaining the arts -1- and -2- in alignment.

e p art -2- may, as shown, be provided with an elongated slot -9 and the str1p -1- with a series of bolt-receiving opemn -10-, any one of which openings can be rought into over-lying relation with a portion of the slot 9- so that a bolt -11- may be passed through the slot and any oiieof said openings -10- and the gether bgomeans of a nut -12- mounted on the lt -'11-. Preferably, a splitwasher 23- is interposed between the nut 12- and the strip -2- and the openings -10- and the strip 1 are preferably of angular form, as for instance, square, so as to receive a square portion of the bolt and the stri 1 -Q For the purpose ci) resiliently supporting a horn from the relatively adjustable parts -1- and -2-, as heretofore described, the part -2- at its inner end is formed with an outwardly projectin flange -13 preferably projecting at su stantially right angles to the strips -1- and -2. A pair of spring plates I4- and -15- are disposed u n one side of the flange -13- and these p ates are formed at their outer end with arcuate shaped edges -16- and -17- having at their opposite ends bolt receiving openings -28- and -19. The portion of these plates overlying the flange 13 are formed with openings for receiving bolts or rivets -20- for securing the springplates 14.- and -15- to the ange 13-. A pair of similarly shaped and formed spring or resilient plates -21- and 22- are disposed in similar position upon the opposite side of the Hange 13 and the openings through the respective resilient plates -14-, -15-, -21- and 22- are all in alignment, 'so that the rivets 20- pass through the o enin s in all of the resilient plates and t oug the ange 13 and secure these parts permanentl together.

At the outer ends adjacent t e arcuate edges a spacing strip -18 is provided positioned between the resilient tes -15- and 2land its outer is arcuate shape to conform with the curved shape of the outer edge of the lates -14, -15-, -21- and Q2- an at its opposite ends it is provided with bolt-receivlng openings aligned with the openings -28- and -19- in the plates 14 and -15- and the similarly formed and positioned nings in the plates 2l-,- and -22, and through these openings in the resilient plates and the spacing member- 18 bolts are adapted to be passed for securing these parts to a horn structure.

It will be obvious that the resilient plates -14- and --15, and 21 and -22- constitute the sole connection between the horn structure and the adjustable sections 1 and -2 of the bracket whereby limited Vibratory movement of the horn structure is permitted for the purpose of obtaining the desired character of sound from the horn. Further, the ange I3-'- as illustrated, which carries the resilient horn-attaching flange, is positioned in theV completed structure at an intermediate point along the strip V-1-- and such strip extends forwardly from the ange -13- some distance and is endewith a bo t-receiving flange -8- simi- 1a1`to the an'ge -5- and in alignment therewith.

Altho I have shown and described a specic construction as illustrative-of a perha s preferred embodiment of my invention, I o not desire to limit myself to they details of form, construction or arraY ment, as various changes ma be ma e in each all within the scope o the appended claim.

I claim:

A. bracket comlprising two parts adjustable Iongitudina y with res to each other, means for securing sai arts in various adjusted sitions, one o said parts formed with a aterally-extending flange, a pair of spring-plates disposed upon op ite sides of said flange and secured to the giige and having their outer edges of arcuate shape, and formed at opposite ends with aligned bolt-receiving openings for securement to a horn, and a spacing member between the outer portion of said spring plates and having openings aligned with the boltreceiving openings through the plates.

In witness whereofv I have hereunto set my hand this 29th day of November, 1924.

WILLIAM SPARKS.

Witnesses:

LmLIAN E. WUNDERLICH, EDWIN L. H. HU'mmNsoN. A

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